State department source says balloon was carrying equipment capable of intercepting communications
The Chinese balloon that flew over North America for more than a week before beingwas carrying equipment capable of intercepting and geolocating communications, the US government has claimed.
“The high-altitude balloon’s equipment was clearly for intelligence surveillance and inconsistent with the equipment onboard weather balloons,” the official said. “It had multiple antennas to include an array likely capable of collecting and geolocating communications. China has used such balloons to collect intelligence over 40 countries on five continents, the US claims.
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